Michael Vernon Teaches Grand Battement

After performing with the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), Michael Vernon moved to New York as ballet master of the Eglevsky Ballet under Edward Villella, where Vernon eventually served as artistic director for seven years. In 2006, he became the chair of the ballet department at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and artistic director of its IU Opera and Ballet Theater. He also teaches at Steps on Broadway, Chautauqua Institution, The Ballet School of Stamford and Manhattan Youth Ballet, and he judges at Youth America Grand Prix.